HVO100 diesel

Where did you fill up? I put some in my car for the first time tonight at the Circle K Carlow off the M9, was 1.98 per litre, so a tad bit more expensive than regular diesel.

I've used it for almost 6,000 km in a Euro 6 VW group diesel with no issues. The stuff that the Saabs and others ran on back in the day was E85 which was used by flexifuel cars with larger injectors and different mapping. HVO has most of the characteristics of fossil diesel with a small difference in density and viscosity. Mine uses roughly 5% more fuel on HVO but feels as lively and as quiet as if it was running on premium diesel. The engine oil is reckoned to stay a bit cleaner as less soot is produced which is also good for the EGR and DPF.

I have been running my 3.0d BMW for almost 6,8 tanks now on HVO. The car runs amazingly sweet. Much higer mpg, almost no smoke at the tail pipe, and car definately pulls alot harder and smoother. the cetane in HVO is in the region of 75plus, while regular B7 diesel is only 55 cetane

Whitegate oil refinery in Cork.

It's strange that TOP don't have hvo at their stations, since they have the same owners as the Whitegate refinery.

That's a pity as the Circle K HVO pumps at Junction 5 M9 are located in the HGV area but still fit standard cars, as do the AdBlue pumps. They mustn't have standard setups on their forecourts

I filled up today today, HVO was 166.⁴ , & regular diesel was 166.⁹ , at the same station.

It's price seems to vary

Up to till recently HVO was 187.⁹

20¢ reduction since last week

You'll be Grand.

If you are nervous, use a 50:50 mix

But if you just fill from empty, you won't have a problem.

Whatever about the 2010, you could pour SVO let alone HVO100 in and it would be fine.

Looking forward to certa rolling it out in more forecourts, the closest one to me is liffey valley, which isn't too bad as I can just pop in the before I head to Waterford.

I used to use circle k for it with my fuel card, but couldn't justify the additional 20c per litre so switched to certa.

Haven't been able to test fuel consumption in my Audi yet as I have an issue the the thermostat being stuck open and causing more fuel burn, but even at that I am getting about 7.5l/100km on a 400km round trip to Waterford, so hoping that will go down when fixed.

Fuel economy is much the same, I've not noticed any different, except with milesplus, which seems to give better mpg.

But I can get hvo for the same or cheaper than regular diesel, and the knowledge that it's higher cetane, and less soot, so better for the original dpf on 250k+ km.